As soon as I saw Vanessa Christenson's post about her Modern Miss pattern I knew that I wanted it. Do you ever have that sudden impulse that you NEED to make a certain quilt or pattern? This impulse was pretty strong. I went out the same day (Thursday) and bought the magazine. Then on Saturday I bought the background yardage jumped in Saturday evening.
And behold, a finished quilt top by Sunday afternoon!
It is truly a quick and easy quilt pattern. If you're a beginner quilter, you should have this on your to-do list. It has flying geese, half square triangles and squares, with great instructions on how to create each.
Since Sewing Summit last year, I've been holding on to some bright pinks and purples.
I'm still a little intimidated by the pinks and so chose to use the purples for this project. I am fairly happy with the results, but think my color choices could have been a bit better.
The nice thing is that I can re-create this project fairly easily and without a whole lot of heartache since it comes together so quickly. This pattern has me thinking about opening a shop to sell quilts in this pattern... but maybe not. I could write a whole series on my internal debate on selling quilts.
Thank you, Vanessa for an amazing pattern!
Now, I have to decide how to quilt it...
Over Christmas vacation I took some time to teach my amazing sister in laws how to make half square triangles. Since we were all traveling to sunny California, I safely packed my Singer Featherweight and two charm packs for the journey. (One charm pack of Bonnie & Camille's Marmalade line and the other of Bella Solids White)
During my hiatus from blogging, I took some time to bind this beautiful quilt. The result:
Love how this came together and the bright binding. I found the border and backing on sale at my local quilt shop (LQS) and am happy that it all works together so well. Quilting pattern is "Chain of Daisies" from my LQS. Binding is a Kona green, I think it's "Grass."
This quilt is destined for the next baby girl born on this side of the family. How awesome would it be to have a quilt that all of your Aunts worked on?
Another finish for Finish it Friday!
What are you working on? Here's a little encouragement from me: "You can do it! Finish that quilt!" ;)
Here is my simple, yet effective Wee Wander Quilt that I made for my 8 year-old niece.
I love the simple design because it alternates between 6" strips of patterned fabric and 2" strips of Kona White. I love how this let's the colors and patterns of the fabric shine.
I hand-quilted this little number with some coral-colored pearl cotton. It can be pretty tough to hand sew through minky, so quilter beware :)
This quilt is simple in design and effective because of how it lets the fabric be the star of the show. It was also simple and effective because while making this quilt I needed something simple.
All in all, the most important thing is that my niece loves it!
Thank you all for your kind comments and emails about my quilting anxiety in the last post. You've all offered some great advice and I've started to implement a few of your suggestions. For example, I don't check my blog feed every night (trying the suggestion to just read on Fridays/Saturdays) and I've skimmed back on my participation in blog link parties.
I've slowly started to re-enter blogging and emailing. If you follow me on Instagram you'll see that I've started quilting/sewing more frequently, usually in small 1/2 hour bursts on the weekends.
